{"product_id":"9781609804398","title":"Prince of the World: Stories","description":"In these six stories, Chris Howard reasserts his talent for evoking the gritty and the apocalyptic with poetic grace.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntelligent People Speaking Reasonably \u003c\/i\u003efollows two Iraq vets adrift in the civilian life of the Pacific Northwest.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpace is Kindness \u003c\/i\u003ewitnesses the unexpected death of Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan from the perspective of a local reporter and a photographer rushing to the crash-site in 2000.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDarkstar \u003c\/i\u003etakes place in Dublin and follows a young outcast named Sailor through grimy, pre Apocalyptic streets as he tries to find the soulmate he hasn't seen since childhood.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSon of Man \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of the Manson family from the perspective of one of its members.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow to Make Millions in the Oil Market \u003c\/i\u003econtemplates the absurdity of war from the point of view of a Blackwater contractor first in the chaos of Iraq and later in the relative peace of the US.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe epictitle story \u003ci\u003ePrince of the World \u003c\/i\u003efollows a mixed-race orphan named Labelle as he wanders north along the Mississippi, ultimately caught in the infamous Starved Rock Massacre in Howard's home-state of Illinois.","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148024299760,"sku":"9781609804398","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781609804398_p0.jpg?v=1763839051","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781609804398","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}